# 1600 in art

Events from the year 1600 in art.

## Events

* Approximate start date of the Baroque art period.

## Works

* El Greco, View of Toledo
* Caravaggio, The Calling of St Matthew
* Caravaggio, The Martyrdom of St Matthew
* Federico Barocci - Quintilia Fischieri (approximate date)
* Caravaggio
** The Calling of St Matthew (1599-1600)
** The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (1599-1600)
* El Greco
** Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple
** View of Toledo (1599-1600)
* Karel van Mander - The Continence of Scipio
* Domenico Passignano - Bathers at San Niccolò
* Robert Peake - The Procession Picture

## Births

* May - Andrea Vaccaro, Italian Caravaggisti painter in a tenebrist style (died 1670)
* date unknown
** Guido Ubaldo Abbatini, Italian painter (died 1656)
** Willem Outgertsz Akersloot, Dutch Golden Age engraver (died 1661)
** Filippo d'Angeli, Italian painter of battle scenes with small figures (died 1660)
** Gioacchino Assereto, Italian painter, active in Genoa (died 1649)
** Antonio Bacci, Italian still life painter (died 1665)
** Antonio Barbalonga, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1649)
** Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, still life Dutch painter (died 1645)
** Domenico Bruni, Italian painter, mainly active in Brescia (died 1666)
** Bernabé de Ayala, Spanish historical painter (died 1678)
** Jacob Duck, Dutch painter (died 1667)
** Aniello Falcone, Italian painter noted for his depictions of battle scenes (died 1665)
** Giovanna Garzoni, Italian painter of still-lifes of fruits, vegetables, and flowers (died 1670)
** Jerónimo Jacinto de Espinosa, Spanish painter active in Valencia (died 1667)
** Jean Monier, French painter (died 1656)
** Kim Myeong-guk, Korean painter of the mid Joseon period (d. unknown)
** Vincenzo Manenti, Italian painter who worked on the cathedral at Tivoli (died 1674)
** Jochim Neiman, German-born traveling painter who primarily worked in Finland (died 1673)
** Antonio Richieri, Italian painter of frescoes (date of death unknown)
** Fray Juan Rizi, Spanish painter (died 1680)
** Pieter van Schaeyenborgh, Dutch painter of fish still lifes (died 1657)
** Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles (died 1631)
** Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops (died 1689)
** Georg Pachmann, Austrian portrait painter (died 1652)
** Pieter van Avont, Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker (died 1652)
** Magdalena van de Passe, engraver and important member of the Van de Passe family of artists (died 1638)
* probable
** Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter from Bologna (died 1678)
** Giovanni Battista Braccelli, Italian engraver and painter, active in Florence (died 1650)
** Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Livonia-born portraitist (died 1664)
** Giuseppe Caletti, Italian painter and engraver (died 1660)
** Giulio Cesare Fellini, Italian painter (d. unknown)
** Pieter de Grebber, Dutch painter (died 1652/1653)
** Philips de Marlier, Flemish Baroque painter and copyist (died 1668)
** Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen, Dutch painter and member of the Bentvueghels (died 1658)
** Gerard Houckgeest, Dutch Delft School painter (died 1661)
** Giovanni Battista Mainero, Italian painter from Genoa (died 1657)
** Gerard Soest, Dutch painter, father of Gerard ter Borch (died 1681)
** Matthias Stom, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1649)
** Moses van Uyttenbroeck, Dutch painter and etcher (died 1648)
** 1600/1603: Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, Dutch portraitist (died 1662)

## Deaths

* October 17 - Cornelis de Jode, cartographer and engraver (born 1568)
* date unknown
** Cristoforo Augusta, Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti (born 1550)
** Giovanni Balducci, also called Il Cosci, Italian mannerist painter (born 1560)
** Santi Gucci, architect and sculptor (born c.1530)
** Diego Polo the Elder, Spanish painter (born 1560)
** Simon Pereyns, Flemish painter who worked in Portugal, Spain, and Mexico (born 1530)
** Jan Sadeler I, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (born 1550)
** Decio Termisani, Naples-born Italian painter (born 1565)
** Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1558)
** Petruccio Ubaldini, Italian calligraphist and illuminator on vellum (born 1524)
** Giovanni Maria Verdizotti, Venetian artist and poet (born 1525)